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Newspaper
The Chanute Times
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1900
Page
3
The piece reports the siege of Khartoum and Kinrowm lasting days with over 4,000 killed including Gordon and others. It notes the city was pillaged, women visited, and calls the events one of the century’s worst orgies of blood and lechery, dated January 1885 from New York Weekly.
A collage of 19th century ads tout remedies for digestion and health including Star's Stomach Hitters and Garfield Tea. Mentions of iron and quinine tonics, patent medicines, and warnings about fashion and marriage regulation. Note references to medical associations seeking registration to regulate marriage of habitual criminals and the ill.
In the clamor of nearer and noisier interests an important event for Presidential election in Mexico passed almost without attention. Diaz has been inaugurated for the sixth time as chief executive. Diaz’s long presidency since 1876 shows a commanding, capable statesman guiding Mexico. The constitution originally barred consecutive re election, but was amended to allow Diaz’s reelection, and he has been regularly elected every four years since.
George Zipperlein, a Cincinnati car inspector, was struck by a train while inspecting freight. He sued the company, won a verdict of 330 dollars plus 6 percent interest for seventeen years after revisiting courts when Columbus burned records.
Andrew Carnegie, famed for wealth and charity, reportedly has about $20,000,000 between him and a feared death he desires. He must increase his charitable disbursements to avoid the grim messenger. Also note actress Georgia Cayvan, ill in a New York hospital with fever and prostration amid a eastern engagement, possibly typhoid.
The engagement of Mise Tone Woodward of Avanstos to Lieutenant Frederick Bismarck grandson of Prince Bismarck is reported from Chicago, with details of their meeting during the siege of a city and their hosts at the Americas legation.
A New York Herald account relays a lively discussion between a Spaniard and a Westerner about bullfighting. They compare breeds, courage, and danger, noting the arena crowd sizes and the stark differences in breeding and handling of bulls versus American stock.
An Exchange column notes a new collecting mania for railway tickets. It details methods private lovers use to outwit ticket collectors, including blending into crowds, signaling as season-ticket holders, and even repaying after pretending to lose a ticket. The piece mocks ticket collecting as vanity except for gold coins.
On Tremont Street at four thirty, a man attacked another man near Mason Street. Spectators gathered as the struggle swayed bystanders and cars halted. A policeman on a returning car declined to intervene, citing illness. The incident ended without law enforcement on scene.
A narrator records a rustic dialogue with a Brilliant Family member asking about his father and uncle, a plan to send Bim to Congress, and a remark about education, framing a local view of politics and schooling in a dialect-filled exchange. The excerpt mirrors regional voice and social dynamics of ambition and schooling.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a tall man, a puppy with open eyes, and questions of making sense amid unclear text. The incomplete lines suggest a local brief with no clear events, dates, or identifiable names.
A shepherd used artificial sheep teeth to aid a ram suffering from tooth loss affecting chewing. The operation restored food intake and described as highly successful, reflecting early veterinary dental efforts. A separate note mentions James McCaffney of Parsons West Virginia, jailed for five years for killing W H Mars at Doyle, who escaped briefly before returning.
In Rush County Kansas a tie between McCormick and Anderson for county attorney was resolved by drawing straws. McCormick won and agreed that the winner would appoint the other as deputy, with salaries equally divided.
An observed exchange centers on affection and respect for religious leadership, noting that love remains patient and unmocking within intimate commitments. The piece contrasts worldly humor with reverence shown toward spiritual figures and practices.
Mrs H D Hyde of Folsom Custer County South Dakota writes a public letter praising Dodd's Kidney Pills for curing her three year heart pain and her daughter's kidneys weakness noting rapid improvement and expressing duty to inform others. The letter endorses the remedy and asks publication.
A garbled collection of 1900 era promotional claims and scattered notices. It includes drug ads for Cascarets and Foot Ease, miscellany cures, proverb-like maxims, and political references. The jumble also mentions Pasteur's convention with Veneszuela and various moralizing captions.
Letters from Mrs Lizzie M Brower Westerly and Dr Hartman advocate Peruna as a mature cure for catarrh and grippe. They claim Peruna steadies weakness, supports women from girlhood to life changes, and cures la grippe and related symptoms. A free Exter tract medical treatise offer is noted by The Peruna Medicine Company.
A garbled notice touts a sewing machine inventor who would collect rents and repair breeches while mending manners. The text references a tricky jockey, rains, a swift road, and advertisers, with scattered phrases about reliability and beauty.
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